Job Title: Secondary Market Buyer
Reporting To: Fine Wine Buyer
Location: London (hybrid working - 3 days office/2 days WFH, plus occasional travel to Basingstoke office), Hong Kong based applicants will also be considered. (Hybrid working - 3 days in the office per week)
Berry Bros. & Rudd is more than 325 years old, but we never stand still. As the world's best and most trusted fine wine and spirits merchant, we are committed to helping our customers drink better, now and in the future. A career at Berry Bros. & Rudd is a unique and rewarding experience, combining the rich background of centuries of history with a modern family-owned culture, built on ambitious plans and with people at its heart.
The job in a nutshell
To provide our global Private Client Team with a constant flow of fine wine offers sourced from secondary market trading. These offers will focus upon highly desirable, rare cases to supplement our campaigns & pre-planned sales activity.
A hunger to uncover the best wines possible, across all spending levels, whilst maximising margin. Consistently support offers with knowledge & market insight to help our Account Managers and wider teams capitalise upon opportunities.
Who you will work with
Internal:
- Buying teams
- Logistics teams
- Finance team
- UK and international sales team
- Commercial Managers.
External:
- Suppliers
What you will do
- Purchase cases/parcels of highly desirable wines.
- Be both proactive and reactive to Account Managers' stock needs.
- Negotiate with suppliers to maximise margin.
- Managing stock holds with the sales teams and suppliers.
- Provide in-depth market insight to accompany offers.
- Making stock available on the systems and alerting the sales team.
- Liaising with the Fine Wine Admin team to raise PO's.
- Liaising with Suppliers and FW admin Team to resolve stock issues.
- Working together with the other Fine Wine Buyers to ensure all offers are maximised and consistent across all channels.
- Purchasing and managing customer requests in line with a 48h SLA and a 30-day turnaround.
Key Accountabilities
- Systematically maintain all current offers and liaise with Commercial Manager to avoid over loading.
- Managing your personal stock holding budget.
- Achieving turnover and margin targets across all teams.
- Ensure deadlines are met and stock is promptly reallocated to the required teams/channels.
- Ensure all offers, sales restrictions, pricing and deadlines are communicated in advance in a template form to all UK and international teams.
- Respond to Account Managers demand within the agreed time frame when they require a specific adhoc broking purchase.
- Assist with making stock available for the sales team to process and confirm to their customers in an efficient manner.
- Cover members of the buying team when on annual leave.
What you will bring to the role
The Person
- Proactive communicator, able to work with all areas of the business, at all levels.
- Highly numerate with great attention to detail.
- The ability to be flexible, decisive and quick-thinking.
- The ability to manage own workload, prioritise and meet deadlines.
- Have a sales mentality when offering stock to the sales teams.
Your Skills, Knowledge and Experience
- Passion for the Berry Bros. & Rudd brand and an understanding of our customer.
- Buying experience within a retail or wholesale business.
- Existing strong network of suppliers.
- Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills are essential.
- WSET Diploma or equivalent & knowledge of the finest wine brands.
- A demonstratable commercial focus and a strong negotiator.
We support our colleagues with a wide range of benefits: you will start with 24 days' holiday, and 3 additional days over the Christmas period and 1 Personal Day, Private Medical cover & Health plan, Life Insurance, Pension, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), generous Employee discount (up to 40% off products), and many more.
Closing date: 3rd September 2024
N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.